Jeff Decker Band

JEFF DECKER has been active in the central Virginia music scene for fifteen years. As a member of the University of Virginia's performance faculty, he performs regularly with the Free Bridge Quintet (the faculty jazz ensemble) and the Charlottesville University Symphony Orchestra. He has extensive experience as a professional musician working for parties and receptions, performing for hundreds of such occasions over the last decade.

THE JEFF DECKER BAND - a group booked by Sam Hill Entertainment - specializes in swing era dance music and jazz. Accordingly, the THE JEFF DECKER BAND is well equipped to perform specialty dance numbers, such as rumbas, bossa novas, sambas, fox trots, waltzes, etc. The attached song list provides just a sample of what THE JEFF DECKER BAND regularly performs. All the members of the group are experienced professional musicians with the ability to play hundreds of songs. Special songs, such as wedding first dances, can be performed if the music is provided beforehand, although most often the band is quite familiar with tunes that are requested.

The demonstration audio provides a sample of the songs and styles that the band performs, ranging from medium tempo swing era fox trots to high energy sambas, as well as bossa novas, shuffles, up tempo jitterbug numbers, and romantic ballads.

• Air Mail Special - Ella Fitzgerald
• April In Paris - Count Basie
• Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller Orchestra
• Don't Be That Way - Traditional
• Flying Home - Lionel Hampton
• I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Tommy Dorsey
• In A Mellow Tone - Duke Ellingon
• In the Mood - Glenn Miller Orchestra
• It Don't Mean A Thing - Duke Ellingon
• Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman
• Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie
• Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
• Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller Orchestra
• One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie
• Opus No. 1 - Tommy Dorsey
• Our Love - Natalie Cole
• Perdido - Duke Ellingon
• Satin Doll - Duke Ellingon
• Sentimental Journey - Duke Ellingon
• Shiny Stockings - Count Basie
• Sing - Sing
• String of Pearls - Glenn Miller Orchestra
• Take The A Train - Duke Ellingon
• The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
• Tuxedo Junction - Erskine Hawkins
• Undecided - Atlantic Star
• Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong
• All Of Me - Billie Holiday
• All Of You - Cole Porter
• All The Things You Are - Charlie Parker
• Autumn Leaves - Bill Evans
• But Not For Me - Traditional
• Bye Bye Blackbird - Traditional
• Cheek to Cheek - Ella Fitzgerald
• Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
• Days of Wine & Roses - Traditional
• Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
• Have You Met Miss Jones - Ella Fitzgerald
• I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Jimmy McHugh
• I Could Write a Book - Traditional
• I Get A Kick Out Of You - Cole Porter
• I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin
• I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra
• If I Had You - Traditional
• It Had To Be You - Harry Connick Jr.
• It's Only a Paper Moon - Ella Fitzgerald
• Let's Fall In Love - Frank Sinatra
• Like Someone in Love - Traditional
• L.O.V.E - Traditional
• My Kind of Town - Traditional
• My Romance - Frank Sinatra
• Our Love Is Here to Stay - Harry Connick Jr.
• S'Wonderful - Traditional
• Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
• Summertime - George Gershwin
• The More I See You - Traditional
• They Can't Take That Away From Me - Ella Fitzgerald
• Black Orpheus - Vince Guaraldi
• Love For Sale - Charlie Parker
• Night and Day - Cole Porter
• Old Devil Moon - Anita O'Day
• Green Dolphin Street - Traditional
• Once I Loved - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars - Atlantic Star
• Samba de Orpheo - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Speak Low - Atlantic Star
• St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
• Tangerine - Traditional
• Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz
• The Very Thought Of You - Traditional
• Watch What Happens - Frank Sinatra
• Wave - Frank Sinatra
• You Stepped Out of a Dream - Traditional
• As Time Goes By - Traditional
• At Last - Etta James
• Blue Moon - Traditional
• Body & Soul - Coleman Hawkins
• Embraceable You - Chet Baker
• I Can't Get Started - Sonny Rollins
• I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett
• I Love You - Cole Porter
• Isn't it Romantic - Traditional
• Misty - Johnny Mathis
• Moonlight In Vermont - Traditional
• My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis
• My One and Only Love - Tony Bennett
• Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
• Someone to Watch Over Me - Frank Sinatra
• Unforgettable - Cole Porter
• What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
• When I Fall In Love - Doris Day
• Bemsha Swing - Atlantic Star
• Billie's Bounce - Charlie Parker
• Blue Bossa - Joe Henderson
• Central Park West - Atlantic Star
• Confirmation - Charlie Parker
• Giant Steps - John Coltrane
• Groovin' High - Charlie Parker
• Impressions - Atlantic Star
• Lush Life - Billy Strayhorn
• 'Round Midnight - Atlantic Star
• So What - Miles Davis
• Take Five - Dave Brubeck
• Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
• Well - You Needn't
• Yardbird Suite - Charlie Parker

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